Newsletters

01.06.12

Will Athletes' Rights of Publicity Become Clearer in 2012?

Numerous pending lawsuits, including one brought by Manatt client Jim Brown, demonstrate that athletes' rights of publicity remains a murky area of the law. 


02.23.11

Manatt Presents Oral Argument On Appeal For Football Legend Jim Brown Against Electronic Arts

Last week Manatt lawyer Ron Katz, Chair of the firm’s Sports Practice Group, presented oral argument on behalf of football legend Jim Brown to a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—Judges Pamela Rymer, Jay Bybee, and Gordon Quist (visiting from the Western District ...


01.14.11

No Attorney-Client Privilege For E-mail Sent From Employer's Computer

Yesterday the Third District California Court of Appeal created important new precedent on a controversial issue, finding that where an employee used her employer’s computer to send e-mails to her attorney about a potential lawsuit against her employer, the attorney-client privilege did not ...


09.22.10

Current Sports Law Issues—Concussions, Steroids, and the Use of Player Images

Last Thursday, September 16, Manatt was the Gold Sponsor of the 2010 Sports Law Symposium at Santa Clara Law School.


07.13.10

Manatt Represents Football Legend In Appeal Against Electronic Arts

Last week Manatt lawyers filed an opening brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of football legend Jim Brown. 


06.02.10

Ninth Circuit Widens Split on Copyright Registration Issue

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally has chosen sides in a slowly developing dispute over a technical but important issue - namely, whether a copyright application or completed registration is needed to file suit for copyright infringement.


01.06.10

Holmes v. Holmes

Before James Bond, Bart Simpson, and Mickey Mouse, the world's most famous fictional character was Sherlock Holmes.